Everything is on the heat mat under lights and hopefully my late start will not affect anything to much. Now to wait for the excitement of those first few sprouts. I made sure to put extra seeds in each cup since I was using old seed that was at least one year old. I can never throw away old seed that might still germinate. If I had planned ahead better, I would have presprouted the seed. Instead, I will get what I get. Maybe I will be pleasantly surprised and get more plants than I hope. :)

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I started tomatoes from seed for the first time. My plants have many leaves but stand on long, weak stems that won't fatten up for me. A visit to a greenhouse yesterday was helpful. They said I need to get a grow light, as a south facing window in the sun isn't sufficient light for them, so they are always reaching up and out for more light. That made sense. As for old seed, I planted some old peas and only a few ever germinated. I think it is time to throw the old seeds away.

I don't use an expensive set up for my seed starting. I found flourescent shop lights on sale and use one cool and one warm bulb per fixture. I have used 2 cool bulbs also and this has worked fine. I keep the lights just above the plants. Good luck!